The Emergence Machine

Fernweh

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Fernweh emerges from desire and requires distance, wanderlust, and exploration.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “distance-longing” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “distance-longing”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
Fernweh
Origin language
German

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L4L2L1L0FernwehDesireEmotionMindGoalOppositePerceptionDifferentHomeObjectiveOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesFernwehL10HomeL4OppositeL5DesireL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Home L4 (requires)
    The opposite of homesickness - an ache to be somewhere far away from home.
  • Opposite L5 (requires)
    The opposite of homesickness - an ache to be somewhere far away from home.
  • Desire L9 (requires)
    Understanding desire is foundational to fernweh.